Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales
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I love to write. I have a deep love for words and language; a budding philologist (a late bloomer according to my father). I have been fascinated with the construction of sentences and how meaning is derived from the order of words.
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The Lawn Mower, The Television and The Freezer
It appears that the Hyde Sisters (that would be me and two of my sisters) enjoy getting their hands a little dirty and will do almost anything to get things done - because as Dara stated yesterday "It was Jeremy's fault." (Or Victor's).
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Confessions
Sweet and Savory
Three Bean Salad Prep Time: 10-15 minutes 4 - 8 Servings Ingredients: 1/4 cup chopped onion 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup water 1 can of garbanzo beans 1 can of green beans 1 can of kidney beans 1 can of wax beans
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Feast
Emotional Connotations of Visual Art Through Time
"When we look at a painting or drawing, whether abstract or representational, we are apt to comment that it is sad, joyous, tragic, conflicted, agitated, or calm... These are emotional properties that we feel we see directly, yet we know they are only metaphorically possessed by the physical picture." - Ellen Winner, How Art Works
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Identity
Artists draw inspiration from their surroundings and directed observations of subjects interacting with the same space. The human form, a significant subject found in visual arts, has been rendered by artists using a variety of media since the creation of man. These likenesses have served as didactic tools, portraitures, historical markers, as well as references to the ideal.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Painting Mortality
“I wanted people to think about themselves, about their lives, about their own mortality.” - Damien Hirst Modern Art in the 21st century seems to have no boundaries; an artist can use anything to create art. While some materials are unusual and fascinating, some materials may cause us to step back in shock, as is the case with Damien Hirst’s Superstition.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
Lines:
British aesthetician Clive Bell once stated: “Everyone in his heart believes that there is a real distinction between works of art and all other objects.” French conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp challenges this statement with the “ready-made” found objects such as the Fountain and the Bicycle Wheel. “Duchamp believed that any ordinary object could be elevated to the status of an artwork just by an artist choosing that object.”
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
Optical Experience
"Modernism ... made it more conscious of itself. With Manet and the Impressionists, the question ceased to be defined as one of color versus drawing, and became instead a question of purely optical experience as against optical experience modified or revised by tactile associations” (Greenberg).
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
The Rites of Spring
During our primary education, we are taught science, music, literature, history, and art. We are instructed on what is. Included in this instruction is how the form of things change, like water and its various stages: liquid, solid, and gas. In art, teachers identify certain key contributions as works of art. So, when we are asked the question: "What is art?" we begin listing off types and we may even identify key figures in the art world. These two things, the work of art and the artist, inform us that art is a product of human efforts. By this reasoning, art is anything that we make.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
The Battle for History
Victor Arnautoff, “a Russian-American painter and professor of art” was commissioned by the government through the WPA Federal Art Project to paint murals for the newly constructed George Washington High School in San Francisco (19356-1936). This project was a part of a larger initiative meant to provide economic relief to the unemployed during the Great Depression. Arnautoff used his knowledge of the first president of the United States to render a brilliantly colored fresco narrative depicting various scenes from his life. While the images are based on fact, there has been a great deal of debate over the nature of two of the scenes. The first shows the activities at Mount Vernon where President George Washington grew wheat that was harvested by African-American Slaves. The other displays the body of a murdered Native American.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
No Justification Required
Art for art’s sake was coined in the early 19th century by the French philosopher Victor Cousin. This phrase expresses the belief that art needs no justification and that it does not need to have a purpose (Britannica). In How Art Works, Ellen Winner, challenges the reader to consider the questions like “Can This Be Art?” (Winner 6). Other questions to consider are: "What is Art?” and “What do people think art is?" The answers to these questions are subjective. Literally, the definition of art is in the eye of the observer. Mark Rothko expresses that art is more than the object when he says:
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
